Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-12-30
NEWS 81 n NJ Any.
navigation Entirely suspend sd-srozen
10 rea,n-Hs rarned ON the Gas--
Train wrecked

NAvtKAiion Entirely suspend ed-yToyen
TO Death Hs rarned on the Gas--
rrsin wrecked.
A despatch from Pi,tsbarg says navl.
canon has been entirely suspended by
tho cold wave and no bopse are enter.
tanned of y tise In tho rivers sufficient
~ allow the shipment OF coal 70 South.
cru and Western ports before the uBaal
February frcshtsts. Very litils coal
has been aoated from there since last
June en- sccouut OF the continued
drouth ard there are now over l2,000,.
900 bushels lolded ready Tor shipm snt.
Henry Wise, n farmer, while rctsrn-
Ina borne with q team near Austin,
Texas, on wetpesdAy, fell out of his
wagon while crossing n muddy bottom.
and his head and shou dcrs were bu RI, d
| 10 tho mud. His boiy was ioaGd
| iruE N. and the uues were slso froz n
20 death while standing In tho mud ba-
side Wiso's body. Tbis is the tirot 70
tally from irs, .ng ever known IN that
section.
JAmea Black, who lived IA miles
| from Millers.o an, Pa "turued on The
natural gas" when going 10 bed on
Wednesday night He ewoke ut
| o'oiCck yesterday morning 10 dnd The
house iu u lanes, and was 70 badly burn
I'd that ho II not expected 10 recover.
He escaped from the house and walked
almost naked TO his faith er's houss, d
mile distant.
An express train on the Lehigh Val.
ley Railroad WAS wrecked yesterday oil
Jeddc. Tie en- zine trmb ied down q
20 loot embaukment, and two coaches
were thrown across tbe track. The
engineer and fireman Jumped on In
sine to escape uGinjured and the pas
ssngers suffered nothing more than q
friah hit and n shake up.
A loaded freight train OF "a cars or
the Pan II andle rood was wrecked b.
running into sn open switch heal
BJweistown, Oa!n. last night. Thrr,
train men ~trs Injured. the fireman, y
Z. Evans, fatally. After tho mash nj
the wreck took fire.
A violent windstorm struck Freder
lex, Maryland, yesterday morning
: Houses were ulroof.d and tIeas up
rooted. Several wagons were litte(
and dashed TO the roadside. huol
damage is reported throus hout Freder
; lick county.
The cab drivers OF New York, " no re
Gently struck. say the bosses are violat
Ing their agreement not TO dtschArR
any OF tue men ON account Of the par
they took In the strike. Several men
It alleged, haze been eischarsed 10
this cause.
The daughter OF Gen. Logan married
Mr.. Tucker. Ex Congressman tucker
daughter married a Mr.. Logan. A so
, has been the fruit Of marriage In each II
stance, and the boys bear respectively tn
: names Logan Tucker and Tucker Logan
, Toe house Of Dsniel Newton, 90 ored
near Jauesvtl.e, Virginia. was burue
on Wednesday night. H.s three nt.l
children persisted In the flames, an
Newton was fatally irjGted In tryin
, TO rescue them.
r A despatch from New York says ths
; there IL serious interruption 10 Cd
/ Transmission Gf cables and kilograms o
aceoun: of dsmsges by Wednesday
] storm. Most OF tho trouble is along tn
Atlantic coAst.
=, John McKawsn, SO years old. wa
killed In Baltimore on 1harsday by III
caving In OF an emhankment He ven
20 Baltimore from WateryilIe, Pa 3D.
weeks ago
The residence OF William II. ancol
: the New York lawyer. at Coronn, Lon
leland. wss robhei OF eilvergare An
other articles to the value OF $500 carl
, on Thurtdsy morning.
Near Stncbbrldge. Wisconsin, O
Thursday, Gordon DsGrot Was fouD
frozen to Death, and his unole, Dante
DeGrot, Was found unconscious IN
farm yard, where they had stray o
while drunk.
Tho dead bodies of two trnmps wer
on Thur.i.y found lying on tho top O
an old boiler 1T tbs boehiel Furnace
; Harrisburg. Tae hal boen srffJcEte,
by sas
II. K Porter a. Co. locom otiv
manu'noturers, Of Pistsba-g. have su.
pended ous.,hlrA o. their employs
,, temporarily on account OF lack c
orders.
Henry Blair, an old PSnnsylvsni
, stage driver, was ran over and kille
by the cars st Carbonate, Pa, o.
:, Thursday morning.
Col John s. Moshy was IA Virginia o.
/ Monday, and expressed himself as niue
pleased with California, his new home.